Water dictates the lives of people in this part of central River Cess. With just three hand pumps to supply a town of 7,000, women and children here wake as early as 3 am to fetch water from distant creeks. But the creek water carries dangers….
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Liberia: Jungle Energy Power: A Local Power Company Bringing Comfort to Rural Communities
Samuel G. Youhn, 62, has lived almost his entire life without electricity. His native Nimba County, like every part of Liberia, felt the pinch of the country’s brutal civil wars that destroyed electricity and other infrastructure, in addition to the estimated 250,000 lives they claimed. …
Liberians Turn to Facebook to Find “Good Samaritans” to Fill In Gaps As Healthcare System Fails Them
Like too many people across Liberia Fatu Washington spent much of her youth “living with rejection from friends and neighbors”, as she put it, in her home village of ‘Joseph Town’ in Bomi County….
Blind Women Defy Disabilities to Become Entrepreneurs
Blindness is one of the many tragedies that Liberians suffer at higher rates than people in other countries because of limited medical care. As many 22,000 Liberians suffer from impaired vision….
Presidential Candidate Tiawan Gongloe Promises to Sweep Corruption from Liberia, But Can He Win Over Voters?
Counsellor Tiawan Saye Gongloe, a veteran statesman and human rights lawyer, is one of few of the 20 presidential candidates in next week’s election with a detailed plan to fix Liberia’s problems….
At 78, Boakai Claims Age Makes Him the Best President. Critics Say He’s Too Old and Alliance with Johnson Will Hurt Liberia
With just weeks to the presidential election, pundits say Joseph Boakai, standard-bearer of the Unity Party (UP), presents a serious threat to George Weah, the incumbent president. …
As Instability Sweeps, West African Leaders Plead With Liberian Party Chiefs to Stop Inflammatory Comments
A series of violent incidents by political partisans, and inflammatory comments from party leaders, has Liberians on edge in the runup to next month’s presidential and legislative elections….
Nimba First-Time Voters Say Education Most Important Issue in Choosing President, in Survey
They’re a big group of new voters, in the country’s second-largest county. First-time voters in Nimba will have a major impact in next month’s election so there is a lot of interest in how they will vote. …
The Physically Challenged Candidate Running For Office
Our coverage of election-related activities is not only about presidential candidates. We are also spotlighting representative candidates and their platforms for their constituents. …
Candidate Wants To Boost Representation Of Liberia’s Million People With Disabilities
If resilience were all that was needed to win election, Samuel Dean would win in a landslide. The 45-year-old, who is contesting the Montserrado County District #8 seat against sitting representative Acarous Moses Gray, has had an extraordinary journey—escaping wartime Liberia as a teenager, being shot by police in New York City and, finally, using his payout to help hundreds of Liberians with disabilities….
Liberia’s First-time Voters Overwhelmingly Back a War Crimes Court Survey Finds
As Liberia commemorates 20 years since the end of the civil conflict that left devastated the country and left 250,000 people dead, a survey of first-time voters conducted in two of the country’s biggest counties found overwhelming support for a court….
In Liberia Drug Addiction Is Becoming A Major Problem. Here’s What Presidential Candidates Plan to Do About It
Drug abuse is a growing problem in Liberia. There is no reliable data on user numbers but one study, by the United Nations Population Fund, found a staggering one in five Liberian youth take narcotics. …
As Drug Addiction Reaches a Crisis Liberia’s Presidential Candidates Promise Tough Remedies
In 2012 Cecelia’s life fell apart. Struggling to take care of nine children after the sudden death of her husband, she turned to her oldest son, then in his early 20s, for help. But he was lost to the family, a year into a drug addiction that was destroying his life….
Peter Quao Adattor
Peter is an experienced video journalist with over 20 years of dedicated work in highlighting under-reported issues impacting Ghanaians and Africans. His work largely focuses on areas including security, environment, child labor, gender, migration, education, health, boxing, and other social concerns. He is the founder of PAQ Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to providing education,…
Mohammed Fugu
Mohammed is the Northern, North East and Savannah Regional correspondent for the Graphic Communications Group Limited. He is very passionate about issues related to environment, climate change and rural development. He has produced a number of in-depth news reports on the environment, shining light on how the ecosystem of Ghana is being destroyed by human…
Michael Asharley
Michael is a graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon where he majored in Psychology. He cultivated a passion for storytelling by volunteering at the campus radio station, Radio Univers. Since joining JoyNews in 2021 he has dedicated much of his output to shedding light on climate-related stories and sanitation issues. He played a pivotal…
Albert Oppong-Ansah
Albert is an environment and science journalist. He works for the Ghana News Agency and occasionally freelances for the Inter Press Service. Oppong-Ansah has won several journalism awards and his work has shaped environmental policies such the involvement of the leadership of Persons with Disabilities in national climate change programs. His story on plastics also…
Prince Owusu Asiedu
Prince has ten years’ working experience as a broadcast journalist. He enjoys reporting on road safety, health, gender and the environment. Prince holds a degree in Human Resource Management (HRM) from Cape Coast University. He will like to use his journalism to bring positive change to the world and all mankind. …
Raissa Sambou
Raissa was adjudged the most promising journalist in 2020 by the Ghana Journalists Association. In the same year, she won the award for the best story in child protection. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and is currently studying for a master’s degree in Development Communication at the UNiMAC-GIJ. …
Wonder Ami Hagan
Wonder Ami Hagan is a passion-driven journalist with six years of experience and a drive to effect change through story-telling. She is a product of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where she studied Communication Studies with Journalism as a major. She has served in various capacities as a communicator in major media houses in Ghana, producing many impactful pieces. She is driven, hard…
Winifred Lartey
A graduate of UNIMAC-GIJ, Winifred began her career with Radio-GIJ and worked briefly at a Takoradi-based Cheers FM in reporting and editing roles. She then moved to Accra to join Asaase Radio as a reporter and online news writer where she currently is. She has publications on atmospheric air pollution concerns, waste management issues, bad…